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compensating
(encz) | compensating,kompenzující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
compensating
(encz) | compensating,odškodňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Compensating
(gcide) | Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] [L.
compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several
things with one another, to balance with one another, verb
intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium.]
1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to
give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to
compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his
losses.
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2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance;
to make up for; to make amends for.
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The length of the night and the dews thereof do
compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon.
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The pleasures of life do not compensate the
miseries. --Prior.
Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite;
counterbalance.
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compensating balance
(encz) | compensating balance, n: |
compensating reservoir
(encz) | compensating reservoir,kompenzační vodní nádrž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
compensating variation
(encz) | compensating variation,kompenzace změny [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
compensating wage differential
(encz) | compensating wage differential,kompenzační odstupňovanost
mezd [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Compensating
(gcide) | Compensate \Com"pen*sate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] [L.
compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several
things with one another, to balance with one another, verb
intens. fr. compendere. See Compendium.]
1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to
give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to
compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his
losses.
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2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance;
to make up for; to make amends for.
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The length of the night and the dews thereof do
compensate the heat of the day. --Bacon.
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The pleasures of life do not compensate the
miseries. --Prior.
Syn: To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite;
counterbalance.
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compensating gearing
(gcide) | Jack-in-a-box \Jack-in-a-box\
1. (Bot.) A tropical tree (Hernandia sonora), which bears a
drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated calyx.
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2. A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which, when the
lid is raised, a figure (usually a clown) springs; also
called jack-in-the-box.
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3. (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for transmitting
rotary motion to two parts in such a manner that their
relative rotation may be variable; applied to driving the
wheels of tricycles, road locomotives, and to cotton
machinery, etc.; an equation box; a jack frame; -- called
also compensating gearing.
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4. A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the
crosspiece of a rude press.
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compensating balance
(wn) | compensating balance
n 1: a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower
to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a
common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a
bank; "the compensating balance increases the effective
interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is
reduced but the interest paid is unchanged" [syn:
compensating balance, offsetting balance] |
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